Paderborn, the city I live in, is named after the river Pader which has its springs right in the centre of the city – it’s being “born” there (born in fact is an old German word for the source of a river). The river is Germany’s shortest at a length of just 4 km, but right from the start it has quite a bit of water, being fed from about 200 sources with a total of 3000 to 9000 liters of water per second.

May is often a nice time around here, and in this year there have been quite a few days with excellent weather. So I decided to take a little walk along the Pader towards Schloss Neuhaus, a part of Paderborn that was an autonomous municipality until about 40 years ago. From my home towards the place where this photograph was made, there is nothing spectacular to be seen, but a lot of opportunities for nice photos. I particularly like the part of the river shown in this photo which gives almost an impression of wilderness despite this place being right between two parts of the city.

This photograph was made with a Canon EOS 6D and an EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM lens. The exposure was 1/60 second at f/5.6 and ISO 800. The photograph was edited in Adobe Lightroom. It was taken less than half an hour of walking from my home.